4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

*NEW* Big Wolf & Little Wolf
by Nadine Brun-Cosme • illustrated by Olivier Tallec
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)
Big Wolf lives a life built on careful routine—until
another wolf arrives. Just as Big Wolf is getting used
to no longer being alone, Little Wolf departs, leaving
Big Wolf lonely and worried until his new friend’s
return. Full-color illustrations.
Isbn: 9781592700844 • Dewey: e • 9 1/2" x 11 3/4" • 32 pp
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD630l
JLG: $13.25 • enchanted lion: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
Bird, Butterfly, Eel
written and illustrated by James Prosek
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, K, PWH, SLJ, WC
In summer, a barn swallow, a monarch butterfly, and
an American eel live on the same New England farm.
In autumn, all three animals migrate thousands of
miles to places that are warm and beautiful: Bird flies
to the meadows of Argentina, Butterfly glides to the
mountains of Central Mexico, and Eel swims to the
Sargasso Sea. The following spring, Bird flies home to
her nest in the barn, Butterfly returns to her meadow
where soon “her young [will take] her place,” and
“Eel’s young, small as toothpicks and clear as glass,
swim up the creek to the pond.” Map. Afterword.
Full-color watercolor paintings.
Isbn: 9780689868290 • Dewey: e • 10 1/2" x 9 1/4" • 40 pp
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 8.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD1040l
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
Birds
by Kevin Henkes • illustrated by Laura Dronzek
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, PW, SLJH, WC
Birds can be yellow or blue or brown or “so black
that you can’t see their eyes or their feathers, just
their shapes.” A young girl shares what she knows
about birds and what she has observed and imagined
about them. She wonders how the sky would look
if birds left a trail of color as they flew and what
birds do if they can’t reach their nests in a storm.
She even pretends that she is a bird. Full-color
acrylic paintings.
Isbn: 9780061363054 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp
sRC level: 1.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD410l
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
The Black Book of Colors u
by Menena Cottin • illustrated by Rosana Faría
translated by Elisa Amado
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)
Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC
How do people who are blind experience color?
According to Thomas, yellow “tastes like mustard,”
green “smells like grass that’s just been cut,” and
black, “the king of all colors,” is silky like his
mother’s hair. Braille and textured illustrations allow
both sighted and non-sighted readers to appreciate
Thomas’s associations. Includes full Braille alphabet.
Raised black line drawings on black paper.
Isbn: 9780888998736 • Dewey: 535.6 • 11" x 6 3/4" • 24 pp
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 0.5
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008
Book Fiesta!: A Children’s Day/Book Day Celebration /
Book Fiesta!: Una celebración de El día de los niños/
El día de los libros
by Pat Mora • illustrated by Rafael López
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, WC
During the American Library Association’s Children’s
Day/Book Day, kids celebrate by reading with
their friends and family. “We read libros together
in cars and planes and trains. / Leemos libros juntos
en autos, aviones, y trenes.” Inspired by books, kids’
imaginations take them on fantastic adventures:
they travel through the jungle on the back of an
elephant, deep underwater in a submarine, and
in a hot-air balloon with a giraffe. Author’s note.
Ideas for celebrating Children’s Day/Book Day.
Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations.
Isbn: 9780061288777 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 40 pp
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of
Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero u
adapted and illustrated by Gina Capaldi
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, BLH, HG, SLJH
In 1871, a five-year-old Yavapai boy named Wassaja
was kidnapped by Pima warriors who planned
to sell him into slavery. An Italian photographer,
Carlo Gentile, paid thirty silver dollars to Wassaja’s
captors and raised the boy, whom he named Carlos
Montezuma, as his son. This is the story of how
Carlos grew up to become a distinguished physician
and Native American activist. The text is based on
a letter Dr. Montezuma wrote at the request of the
Smithsonian Institution. Note on Montezuma’s
activist work. Bibliography. Illustrated with fullcolor
drawings and Carlo Gentile’s sepia-toned
photographs.
Isbn: 9780822576440 • Dewey: 970.004/97 • 9 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 32 pp
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: nC880l
JLG: $9.00 • Carolrhoda: $16.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
by Marc Tyler Nobleman • illustrated by Ross MacDonald
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC
As teenagers, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster enjoyed
reading about heroes like Flash Gordon and Tarzan.
They also made up their own stories. Late one
summer night, Jerry had an idea for a hero who
would be all the strongmen he’d ever heard of, “only
more so.” Before dawn, Jerry ran to Joe’s apartment,
where Joe created sketches. Soon they prepared a
series of comic strips. It took three more years to find
a publisher, but when Superman finally debuted in
1938, the new superhero was an instant hit. Extensive
author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations.
Isbn: 9780375938023 • Dewey: 741.5092’2 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 760l
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
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